Published tribunal order
Tenancy Tribunal case 5322480 — Rent arrears
Decided 26 Nov 2025 · Published 26 Nov 2025 · Application 5322480
- Rent arrears
- 14-day notice
Party names are redacted in the official published order.
Order
- An application for suppression has been made in this case, and the Tribunal orders suppression of the tenant’s name and identifying details and the tenancy address.
- [The tenant/s] owes Kāinga Ora–Homes And Communities $2,162.85 (“the debt”), which is rent arrears to 29 September 2025.
- [The tenant/s] must pay rent and the debt as follows: a. By fortnightly payments of $650.00, being $588.00 in rent per fortnight ($294.00 per week), and $62.00 per fortnight towards the debt, with the next fortnightly payment due on Wednesday 1 October 2025, then payable every second Wednesday after that, until the debt is repaid in full.
- Payments will be allocated in the following order: rent then rent arrears.
- If the tenant fails to pay rent and rent arrears within 5 working days of the due dates: a. The tenancy at [Tenancy address suppressed] will terminate and the landlord will have immediate possession of the premises. b. The balance of the debt will be payable immediately.
- This order replaces the Mediator’s order in application 5092174 dated 4 December 2024, sealed on 4 December 2024.
Reasons
- Both parties attended the hearing.
- The landlord has applied for termination of the tenancy and rent arrears. The tenant wants to repay the debt to avoid immediate termination.
Should a conditional termination order be made?
- Where rent is at least 21 days in arrears on the date the application was filed, the Tribunal must make either a final or a conditional termination order. See section 55(1)(a) and (1A) Residential Tenancies Act 1986.
- I am satisfied the tenant will pay the debt within the period specified in the order and is unlikely to commit any further relevant breach. I have granted a conditional termination order.
- The conditional termination order will lapse if it is fully complied with. If the tenant breaches the order, the possession order may be enforced for 90 days from the first breach. See section 64(4)(b) Residential Tenancies Act 1986. Previous mediator’s order
- This order replaces the Mediator’s order in application 5092174 dated 4 December 2024, sealed on 4 December 2024. Suppression
- The tenant requested name suppression. The tenant explained that the circumstances behind some of the difficulty in paying rent on time involved her having to stay at the hospital for extended periods with her sister, who had cancer, which involved various surgeries, and difficulties with sick leave with her then new job over that period. The tenant confirmed she has arranged for a wage redirection now, where her employer pays her rent directly to the landlord, which should avoid any further issues with timely rent payment. Given the evidence and in the circumstances, I find the tenant’s interests outweigh the public interest in publishing her name. Therefore, I order that the tenant’s name and identifying details and the tenancy address are not to be published. See section 95A(4) Residential Tenancies Act 1986.